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* Banarasi Silk Brocade Sarees of Banaras, India

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  ॐ श्री गुरुभ्यो नमः ॐ श्री शिवानन्दाय नमः Mesmerizing images of Banarasi silk brocade Sarees, are posted right below the following brief write-up. Please don't miss viewing these beautiful handloom weaves & designs of the brilliant weavers of India, the unsung heroes of this Nation. Brocade is a class of richly decorative shuttle-woven fabrics, often made in colored silks and with or without gold and silver threads. Brocade is typically woven on a draw loom. It is a supplementary weft technique. The ornamental brocading is produced by a supplementary, non-structural, weft, in addition to the standard weft that holds the warp threads together. The purpose of this is to give the appearance that the weave was actually embroidered on. Banarasi brocade work is a weaving style of the silk weavers of Varanasi , a city in North India, which is also called Benares, Banaras, Varanasi or Kashi. The Banarasi silk Sarees are among the finest Sarees in India, and are known fo

Miniature Paintings of India

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  ॐ श्री गुरुभ्यो नमः ॐ श्री शिवानन्दाय नमः ( Disclaimer : All images featured in this Blog-post, are the property of their respective owners. Our deepest sense of gratitude to all of them for making this gigantic project a reality. If you see your picture anywhere in this Blog and don't want it here, send us a message with the details and the link to the picture, and we will remove it right away. But at the outset, I just want to let my dearest readers know, that the noble purpose of this Blog, is to promote 'The Glorious Cultural Heritage of India' worldwide, to every nook & corner of the planet, and I would immensely love to see every single one of us, of Indian origin, passionately participating in this Mega-Project. I am right now in the process of adding the web-links to the sources of the innumerable images in this Blog. Till the work reaches completion, I would request the readers to use 'Google Image Search' to trace the source / multiple

Spiritually Mesmerizing Images of Hindu Gods & Goddesses

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  ॐ श्री गुरुभ्यो नमः ॐ श्री शिवानन्दाय नमः                                Saraswathi : Hindu Goddess of knowledge, learning & fine arts                               Saraswathi : Hindu Goddess of knowledge, learning & fine arts                                Saraswathi : Hindu Goddess of knowledge, learning & fine arts                       Ganesha / Vighneshwara : Hindu God for overcoming all obstacles in life                          Ganesha / Vighneshwara : Hindu God for overcoming all obstacles in life                         Ganesha / Vighneshwara : Hindu God for overcoming all obstacles in life                       Ganesha / Vighneshwara : Hindu God for overcoming all obstacles in life                                Lakshmi : Hindu Goddess of Wealth, Prosperity, Abundance & Joy                                Lakshmi : Hindu Goddess of Wealth, Prosperity, Abundance & Joy Lakshmi : Hindu Goddess of Wealth, Prosperity, Abundance & Joy with Ganesha &am